AI Engineer

Title: AI Engineer Location: none / Lisboa / Portugal

Join Axians, where innovation thrives on trust and autonomy, and where every challenge is an opportunity to create technology with impact.

AI Engineer

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for a AI Engineer , you design, build, and productionize AI applications, agents, and intelligent workflow components for the Central AI team and local business teams. Your mission is to transform concrete business needs into robust AI-powered software that can be deployed, monitored, improved, and scaled across the client. You work at the intersection of software engineering, GenAI, data, cloud, and business process automation. Azure will be the primary platform context, especially for Microsoft AI services and Foundry-based solutions, while selected open-source and cloud-agnostic frameworks remain important for flexibility.

What You Will Do on a Daily Basis

• Build AI applications, assistants, agents, and workflow automation components using modern GenAI engineering patterns;
• Design and implement integrations with Azure AI services, Azure AI Foundry, APIs, enterprise systems, data platforms, and internal tools;
• Develop retrieval, tool-use, orchestration, evaluation, monitoring, and guardrail components for production AI solutions;
• Work with data engineers and data scientists to connect models, prompts, workflows, and data pipelines into reliable end-to-end solutions;
• Support the implementation of agentic workflows that can be reused by country teams;
• Improve developer experience, engineering standards, reusable templates, and production readiness for AI software delivery.

Your Main Qualifications

• Strong software engineering skills in Python and SQL;
• Experience building GenAI applications, assistants, agents, or AI-enabled workflow automation;
• Hands-on experience with Azure AI services, Azure AI Foundry, or comparable AI platforms;
• Understanding of RAG, prompt and context engineering, tool calling, evaluation, orchestration, and responsible production operation of AI systems;
• Experience working with APIs, cloud-native services, data pipelines, and enterprise integration patterns;
• Comfortable using GenAI software engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or OpenCode;
• Fluent in English.

What We Offer

Stable professional career

Working with Axians projects becomes an asset to those of us who want to offer stability through a secure career.

Prospects for career advancement

You can access training and new certifications that will further elevate your skills. The 360° evaluation from managers and peers will also allow you to evolve.

Work Life Balance

By collaborating with Axians, you will be able to reconcile work and family requirements without neglecting either area.

Attractive, evolving compensation

When working with Axians, you will have access to performance bonuses in addition to an attractive salary pack (base salary + benefits). You are also entitled to health insurance and an employee assistance program for you and your family (Psychological, Legal, Psychosocial, and Financial support).

Axians is the VINCI Energies brand dedicated to Information Technology and Digital Transformation. With an international presence and a people-to-people approach, we combine technology, innovation, and proximity to create real impact for organizations and society.

Join Axians

At Axians, we believe that talent does not fit a single profile. We value diversity and promote an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to grow and contribute. If you have a disability or impairment, we are committed to ensuring equal opportunities throughout the recruitment and onboarding process. Whenever needed, we provide reasonable accommodations so that you can participate on an equal basis. If you require any accommodation, please let us know by contacting us at recruiter contact .